Take Aim

(via Meals) The NYT reports on a new type of hunting competition where hunters compete using video scopes that allow judges to watch the tape and determine who is the most accurate shot by the amount of "kill shots" a hunter would have had (shooting real bullets) during the event. The sponsors are hoping to spur interest in hunting by emphasizing the skill needed to take down an animal ethically and without killing a bunch of animals on TV. The event will be aired on the Outdoor Channel.

Live Free or Drown

Wired magazine has a short spot highlighting a group of Libertarians who are dead-set on creating floating communities out in the ocean where they'll be out of any Nation's reach. Sex, drugs, rock and roll ... and no taxes! Milton Friedman's grandson is one of the leaders - and the PayPal millionaire is a financier.

The Education of Barack Obama

NYT Mag has an exceptional article looking back on Obama's first 1/2 term and revealing some of the lessons learned - as Barry sees it.

As the World Burns

Ryan Lizza has an extraordinarily depressing article in the New Yorker about how the Kerry-Grahm-Lieberman climate change bill got scuttled. Read em and weep.

Roberts Court Magic

Slate has a good article on the ways in which the Roberts Court has put a right-wing stamp on the law without most people knowing.